tournament’ s biggest catch, which included a 7-3 beauty that won the Big Bass trophy.
Spending most of their time in the Monkey Box on the lake’ s west side, the Martins targeted reed heads with Yamamoto Senkos and D Shads on 5 / 0 offset Trokar hooks. Slow, stealthy presentations were the key to tempting spawners in 3 1 / 2 feet of water.
Team USA placed four teams in the top 10. Joining the Martins were silver medalists Cox and Keith Carson, Dudley and Mark Schlarb in seventh, and Shirley Crain and Michelle Jalaba in eighth.
Taking the silver medal among countries, Team Canada also had four top-10 teams, led by third-place finishers Cole Bailey and Bruce Leeson, who earned the individual team bronze medal.
Perhaps most notably, Costa Rica – the tournament’ s only represented nation where black bass aren’ t present – placed two teams in the top 10 and earned the overall bronze medal. Carlos Cabero and Henry Marin led the Costa Rican contingent with a fourth-place finish.
“ I’ m so excited by how the sport is growing,” says Scott Martin, who also competed in the 2017 Black Bass World Championship on South Africa’ s Vaal River in October.“ With the growth of high school and college fishing, and with all these countries supporting and promoting it, I think now is the perfect time to make bass fishing an Olympic sport.
“ I look back at history and there’ s never been another time when we’ ve had such an opportunity for this. I think it can happen.”
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SOLUNAR TABLE
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PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
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MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME
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APRIL AM PM Moon Date Day Minor Major Minor Major Phases
1 Sun 5:15 11:30 5:40—:—
2 Mon 6:10 12:00 6:35 12:20
3 Tue 7:00 12:50 7:30 1:15
4 Wed 7:50 1:40 8:20 2:05
5 Thu 8:45 2:35 9:10 2:55
6 Fri 9:35 3:25 10:05 3:50
7 Sat 10:25 4:15 10:55 4:40
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CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
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EASTERN STANDARD TIME
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APRIL AM PM Moon Date Day Minor Major Minor Major Phases
16 Mon 4:50 10:55 5:05 11:20
17 Tue 5:35 11:50 6:00—:—
18 Wed 6:30 12:25 7:05 12:50
19 Thu 7:30 1:20 8:10 1:55
20 Fri 8:40 2:30 9:15 3:00
21 Sat 9:35 3:25 10:10 3:55
22 Sun 10:45 4:35 11:20 5:05
8 Sun 11:20 5:10 11:45 5:30 23 Mon 11:40 5:30—:— 6:00
9 Mon—:— 5:50 12:00 6:15 24 Tue 12:15 6:20 12:40 6:50
10 Tue 12:30 6:35 12:45 7:00 25 Wed 1:05 7:10 1:20 7:35
11 Wed 1:15 7:20 1:30 7:40 26 Thu 1:50 8:00 2:10 8:20
12 Thu 1:55 8:00 2:10 8:25 27 Fri 2:35 8:40 2:50 9:05
13 Fri 2:40 8:45 2:55 9:05 28 Sat 3:20 9:25 3:35 9:50
14 Sat 3:20 9:25 3:35 9:50 29 Sun 4:05 10:10 4:20 10:35
15 Sun 4:05 10:10 4:20 10:35
30 Mon 4:50 10:55 5:10 11:15
SOLUNAR TABLES ® are designed to forecast the daily active feeding periods of fish. They are formulated from the position of the earth in relation to the sun and moon.
The major periods last for approximately 2 to 3 1 / 2 hours, and the minor periods last for approximately 3 / 4 to 1 1 / 2 hours. To determine the start of major and minor times for your area, find the bold time-zone rule on the map. If you are located in the area left of the time-zone rule, add the number( in minutes) at the top to the corresponding time on the chart. If you are located in the area right of the time-zone rule, subtract the number( in minutes) at the bottom from the corresponding time on the chart. Add one hour to all times during daylight saving time.
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